Arctic wildlife

Thousands of years of evolution have prepared Arctic species like the polar bear, walrus and narwhal for life on and around the sea ice.

Because of climate change, that ice cover has been changing rapidly, in both extent and thickness, and shrinking far too quickly for these species to adapt.

The most important action to help preserve these species is to slow the rate of climate change, and ultimately to stop it so that the habitat of ice dependent species does not entirely disappear, pushing them into extinction.